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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
Base Bail.

On Saturday aItclnoon las. ii game d
ball was played at lIomewood Driving
Park, during the races by the LEpdER
Nine and Cooch's Bridge Club, which re-
suited in Il victory for the LEDGER Nine
of % to % in four innings.
LEDGER Nine Harry Whiteman, J. p.
Armstrong, ;. NJ. Miller, =. Sheldon, H..
W. b. Maxwell, W. T.. Foard, Bert Raub,
T. Il. Miller and Charlie Webb.
Cooch's Bridge: Win Davis, Nc
Mullen, james Warren, II. Dayett, +.
Cam, Elmundson, q. Kelley, Dan
Kecley and Murphey.
Owen G. lowcry of Lewisville, Pa
umpire.
Thc LEDGER Nine is open for chal-
lenges to play on saturday afternoons.
Address all challenges to w. +. Foard,
Newark, Del.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
Kent County Fair

The seventeenth exhibition of the
Kent County Agricultural Society will
be held at Worton fair grounds, near
Chestertown on Sept. goth, 2lst, 22d and
23d. The catalogue just received, shows
the association to be in most healthy
condition. The programme of trotting
and pacing cannot fail to draw an except
ionally fine field of horses, while the
purses are most liberal. \ glance at
their advertisement will at once con-
vince you that the managers will spare
no pains to make the meeting eminent
ly successful.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
DEAD.

Miss Clara \. Hurry, daughter of VIM.
B. and Mary Hurry of Lamokin, Pa, who
has been visiting her uncle Chas. II
Shippers, near Iron Hill, for some time
died on Thursday. The deceased had
suffered many weeks with consumption
and was only relieved when death came
She was about 20 years of age. The
funeral will take place tomorrow Sun
day at o'clock. Services will be held
at the house, and intcrment at Cherry
Hill Cemetery. Relatives and friends
are invited to attend the funeral
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20

Is constantly going on in the human sys-
TEN. The demon of impure blood strives
to gain victory over the constitution, to
ruin health, to drag victims to the grave.
A good reliable medicine like Hoods
Sarsaparilla is the weapon with which to
defend ones self drive the desperate en-
envy from the field, and restore peace
and bodily health for many years. Try
this peculiar medicine
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
shilohls Oonsumption Cure.

This is beyond question the most sue
cessful Cough Medicine We have ever
sold, few doses invariably cure the
worst case of Cough, Group, and Bron-
chitis, while it's wonderful success in the
cure of Consumption is without 4 paral-
lei in the history ofmedicine. Since it's
first discovery it has been sold on guar
antee, Il test which no other medicine
can stand. If you have Il cough we ear
nestly ask you to try it. Price 10 cts, 5o
cts. and Sl,00. your Lungs are sore,
Chester Back, Lame, use bhiloh's FOR
Gus Plaster. Sold by +; 7. nilworth,
Newark, Del.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
Cows Killed.

M Monday noon two cows belonging
t9'James L. Crossan were killed on the
Newark and Pomeroy Railroad. The
drove of cattle belonging to MIR. Crossan
escaped from the field and wandered on
the railroad, and two were caught. How
these cattle got on the road we cannot
state. There was a steer killed on this
road last Monday week.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
Temperance Jubilee.

The OFT Temperance Society will hold
their sixteenth annual jubilee at the
Chapel near Chestnut Hill on Wednes-
day, August 3lst. The exercises will
begin at o'clock, and 7:45 p. M These
exercises will consist of declarations,
readings and music. Members and
friends are cordially invited to be pres
ent. Refreshments will be for sale on
the grounds for the benefit of the society.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20

While Harry Maxwell, son of j. Thos.
Maxwell of this town was driving pair
of horses to thrcshing machine on
Wednesday, he fell from the front scat
and his legs were run over by the
machine. 1t appears that he was driving
under Il shed and in STOPPING over to
clear his head fell His legs were not
broken but we can't see how they escaped.
Harry is getting along all right at this
time, although his leg is still very sore.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
Accident on the Pomeroy R. R.


On Wednesday about noon the train
that leaves Newark NJ 1926 for Iandcn-
fberg and Pomeroy met with al accident
near Landenberg. While going round u
curve, part of the fange on one of the
pony wheels Of the engine broke off, and
the engine was ditched, two freight cars
were thrown from the track, while the
passenger car which contained Miss
Lydia Fader and four Of Mr. Fadcr's
children Of this town, and gentleman,
came to sudden stop. The man was a
little bruised while the other passengers
were not hurt. The engine was sudden
ly stopped by running into an embank-
ment. The engineer, Clark Paxson and
fireman, Richard Whirlpool, were not
the least injureJ In fact, no one was
hurt, which seems remarkable. The en-
gfnu was badly wrecked The news of
the accident spread rapidly about this
town. The report that reached here was
indefinite and there was considerable cX-
element attending the news. We are
glad to state that no one can place any
blame on the engineer us he is most
competent man. The train was in charge
of Frank Smith of this town.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
Died

Samuel Moore, who resided with his
brother Hiram, living near Ogletown,
died on Tuesday. Mr.. Moore had suf-
fered many years with rheumatism, and
with the dysentery caused his death.
The deceased was about IS years old.
The funeral took place Thursday. Inter
ment in
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
Answer This Question.

Why do so many people we see around
us, seem to prefer to suffer and be made
miserable by Indigestion, Constipation
Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Coming NJ
of food. Yellow Skin, when for IS cts.
we will sell them Shiloh's Nitaizer,
guaranteed to cure them. Sold by +. 7.
Dilworth, Newark, Del.
SHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY. A
marvellous cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria,
Canker mouth, and Head Ache. With
each bottle there is an ingenious nasal
Injector for the more successful treat
ment of these complaints without extra
charge. Price 50 cts. Sold by +. 7. Dill
worth, Newark, Del.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
Still Very III,

Information reached us this week that
IL. II. Kimble, whom VIC spoke of in our
last issue, to be in very precarious con-
dition, is still seriously sick. lie is
held almost in the same manner
that his son was. We arc sorry to
hear that friend Kimble is so i'll and
hone he may RAPIDLY recover.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
Feeding Babies

with arrowroot, cracker pap, and similar
indigcstible foods is we are glad to say
nearly thing of the past. Lactated Food
should be the only substitute used for
mothers milk. II is identical in effect,
and gives health and strength to every
infant that uses il.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
Hat Before a Justice.

Frank T. Hat of White Clay Creek
huudred was before Squire McKoowan
Thursday charged with cruelty to ami
Hlals. II. b. Nandegrit, special agent for
the S. p. c. A., of Wilmington, was on
hand to see that justice was melted out in
full measures but he was disappointed.
Mr.. Hat was charged with neglecting to
milk cows foraspacc of n hours, and with
beating and badly treating horses while
attached to IL reap ing machine Several
witnesses were heard on each side, but
the Justice did not deem the evidence
IF any, sufficient, and Mr.. Hat was dis
charged DR.. l.. NJ. Whistler conducted
the casc for the defendant.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20

always makes wide distinction between
butter that is of Il rich golden color and
that which is white and lardy. Diary
mon should always use Wells, Richard
son q Go. 8 Improved Butter Color, which
will give the gilt edge at all seasons of
the year. Pure strong, and reliable.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
DIED,

HURRY. On Thursday, Aug, Is, 1887,
ut the residence of Charles Shippers,
near Iron Hill, Md, Clara \. Hurry, of
Iamokin, Pa, Funeral on Sunday at
O'Clock. leicester papers please copy
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
Drunkenness, or the Liquor Habit POSI-
lively Cured by administering Dr. HaInes' Gold-
Specific.

1t can he given in Il cup of coffee or tea
without the knowledge of the person
taking it is absolutely harmless and will
effect a permanent and speedy cure,
whether the patient is a moderate drink
err or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of
drunkards have been made temperate
men who have taken Golden Specific in
their coffee without their knowledge, and
to-day believes they quit drinking of
their own free will. 1T NEVER FAILS.
The system once impregnated with the
Specific it becomes IN utter impossibility
for the liquor appetite to exist For full
particulars, address Golden Specific Co.,
lS5 Race st., Cincinnati, @.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
pUwEN & BROTHER,

An local notices appearing in this
,.,uer. relating 70 the sale Of goods and
ppoi written by us, will be charged at n
"orlain rate per line.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20

Zine oranges and lemons, green
ginger; for preserving, also new spices at
Griiiith's Glass Front.
bowers celebrated hams, breakfast
bacon and dried beef received to-day at
Grinith's Glass Front.
--Coflees all fresh roasted this week,
choice Rio, Maricaibo, Blended and Java
Coilces, always the best at
Grifith's Glass Front.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20
MARRIED.

WIDDOES-LEGG.-On Sunday, Au-
gust 18th, at Camden, N. j., by the
Rev. ]. j. Sleeper, Andrew i. Widdoes
and Ella NJ. Legg, both of Newark, Del.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20

Two great enemies-Iood's Sarsapar-
lila and impure blood. The latter is ut
terly defeated by peculiar medicine.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-08-20

The Importance Of purifying the blood can
not be oyerestimated, for without pure blood
you cannot enjoy good health.
Mt this season nearly every one needs q
good medicine to purify, yitalize, and enrich
the blood, and we ask you to try Hoods
Dao,,I;o,s Sarsaparilla. Itstrengthens
REGULAR and builds up the system,
creates an appetite, and tones the digestion,
while it eradicates disease. The peculiar
combination, proportion, and preparation
of the vegetable remedies used give to
Hoods Sarsaparilll pecul- t. I+ooIF
lar curative powers. No ~ iloCu
other medicine hassuch arecord of wonderful
cures. If you have made up your mind to
buy Hoods Sarsaparllla do not be induced to
take any other instead. 1t is Peculiar
Medicine, and is worthy your confidence.
Hoods Sarsaparlla is sold by all druggists
Prepared by c. l. Hood s. Co., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-25

Probably more has been done, directly
and indirectly, within the past ten years,
for the welfare Of the Indian than had
been accomplished in the previous quar-
ter century His actual condition and
needs have been placed before the public,
and Congress has found the pressure of
the popular demand for better treatment
of the nations wards too strong to be re-
sisted. Private benevolence has been
aroused, and there have sprung up all over
the country associations, under whose as
sistance and care schools have been es-
tablished on the various reservations,
churches built and provision made for in
structing both young and old in industrial
pursuits. The results of these efforts are
encouraging and already many of the In
dians on the reservations are becoming
orderly, industrious and useful citizens.
Congress has recognized this bettered CON
dition of the nations wards by the act
granting land in severalty to the heads of
families and endowing them with the
rights and privileges of citizenship.
Those who predicted that the Indian
problem would eventually be solved by
the extinction of the race, are now COM
PEELED to admit that they were in the
wrong. Not only is the American Indian
as an individual improving constantly,
but the race itself seems to have obtained
new lease of life. The tendency is no
longer toward determination. For many
years after the tribes We're driven from
the Atlantic seaboard they steadily de
creased in their numbers but during the
last thirteen years there has been halt
in the decimating process, and more re-
cent statistics show that the number of
births yearly exceeds the number of
deaths. A table printed in the New York
Times, shows that since 1856, when the
deaths numbered 22l5 and the births 240l
an increase of l96-in the tribes embraced
in the table, the births have increased to
44l9 and the deaths to 3929-an increase
of 400
Other indications show that the race is
not dying out, but rather increasing and
this fact, taken in connection with the
mental and moral advancement of a por-
ton of the Indian race, argues well for the
| future of this hitherto despised people
The time may be far ahead, but it is
surely coming when the lawless tribes OF
the frontier will all become civilized and
peaceable citizens.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-25
The Report of the Commission.

The report of the railroad commits
sioners upon the Hartford disaster ap-
pears in our columns to-day, and will
command wide and close attention. Con
trary, perhaps, to the general expectation,
they find that the cause of the accident
was not the broken axle of the Pullman
sleeper, but the broken rail- The COM
missioners are able to say that all the
killed have been identified and we are
thankful that they are able to reduce the
number of killed to tlUenty-nine. AS they
find that there were SO persons on the
train, it follows that the original semi Off
cial statement that the uninjured num-
bered 12, was far from correct. There
must, if the commissioners are correct,
have been instead tlrenty three uninjured
persons thirteen of whom went down
with the wreck. The commissioners do
not say that they haveevidence of the safe
escape of all these thirteen, but 1t would
seem to be plain that they have secured
such evidence. The doctors count of
thirty-two bodies must thus have exceed
ed the actual number by three, and there
could have been no unidentified children
on the train. With these corrections the
pIopoIUloH vi Killed. anu Injured, DelnR
siXty-six out of a total of eighty nine souls
on the train, is Il sufficiently terrible one
to satisfy the most eXacting appetite for
horrors. All must be rejoiced that it was
no worse, and especially that no friends
of missing persons are left to the horrible
surmise that they may have been destroy
ed in the burning cars without the re-
covery even OF vestige of their remains.
The commissioners reserve for future de
cision and announcement some of their
recommendations. Those which they
make accord with the public expectation
and demand
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-25

The Montpelier Waterman suggests
that the FREE PRESS and Springfield Re
publican must have sent correspond
ents to the scene of the Hartford accident
for the purpose of making out the worst
case possible for the railroad through NAL
ice or a desire for sensationalism" The Re
publican can speak for itself So far as this
paper is concerned we deny the truth of
any such imputation. Our reporters were
sent to the spot with instructions to get
only facts, and to relate them without
fear or favor. These instructions they
obeyed. They set down nothing in NAL
ice, and their reports did not bear as hard
ly on the two or three railroad officials
whose conduct was criticised as did those
given by the reporters of the Boston Her
aid, Boston Globe, New York World and
several other journals. On the other hand
this paper has not tried to cover up any
facts to which the public were fairly en-
titled, nor does it propose to do so.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-25
To Preserve Fort Ticondcropa.

Congressman johnson of New York has
introduced in the House bill reciting
that cold Fort Ticonderoga is now fast
going to decay, and unless an effort is
made to protect it, its crumblng walls
will soon be obliterated :" and providing
that there "be appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise ap.
propriated a sum sufficient to preserve
such of these historic ruins rs are not al
ready gone to decay, and to erect on this
site monument to the heroic Allen, with
such inscriptions and emblems as NAV
properly commemorate the historical
events which occurred ut that place dur
ing the war of the revolution" This is a
commendable measure The ruins at
Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point, y.
Y, are the most interesting military ruins
on this continent. Those at Ticonderoga
will soon be a mere mound of crumbling
stone, unless something is done to pre-
serve them. Those at Crown Point, in
the construction of which the British gov
eminent spent ten millions of dollars. are
in better preservation, and are cared for
to some extent, by Gen. Hammond, who
owns them. But the old fort at Ticon-
deroga has had no care for a century, and
the general government might well eX-
pend a small sum to preserve so interest
ing relic of the revolution from absolute
decay
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-25

Senator Morrill's bill for the settlement
of the claims and counter-claim between
the State of Vermont and the United
States growing out of the st. Adams raid,
authorizes the appointment of two COM
missloners to act with the governor and
auditor to adjust and settle all accounts
and claims between the United States and
Vermont, or arising from the delivery to
the State of any military property of the
United States, or otherwise resulting
from the relation of that State to the
United States in providing for the public
defence or the prosecution of the war. In
case of disagreement as to any claim, the
commissioners for the United States are
authorized to unite with the governor and
auditor in the selection of an umpire for
the determination of all matters of dis
agreement, on just aud equitable princi-
pies. The award of the umpire shall be
final if adverse to the United States, it
shall be treated in the same manner as if
it were judgment of a court of claims,
and paid accordingly; if adverse to Yer
mont, the sum recovered, after paying the
necessary expenses, shall be covered into
the treasury of the United States. To de-
fray the expense $1,000 is appropriated.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-25
High Cultivation of Land.

An experiment of much interest to
farmers in all parts of the country has
been carried on in the State of Georgia, dur
ing the past two years The object of the
experiment has been to determine the adj
vantages of fertilizing land richly and cul-
tivating small areas thoroughly, rather
than large areas imperfectly. This expert
ment is directly in line with much good
advice which has been given the farmers
of Vermont during the present course of
lectures conducted by the University
of Vermont and State Agricultural
college, and the results cannot
fail to be of interest. The trial
was conducted by fertilizer company"
premiums being offered for the best yields
of cotton and of corn on one acre and on
five acres. The record for 1856 was so
encouraging, in favor of high cultivation
of small tracts of lands, that many cotton
growers were induced to adopt the same
method. The announcement of the result
of the past years trial has just been made
public, and was even more satisfactory
than the record of 1855.
There were about POO contestants for the
prizes, scattered over the three States of
Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina
The average yield of cotton per acre, I'M
der the system of high cultivation was
$50 pounds. or considerably over two
bales-nearly twice rs much as under the
ordinary system of low cultivation. The
results on corn We're equally encouraging
Although this experiment is. in one sense
an advertisement for the fertilizer com
pany, 1t is worth noticing as embodying a
principle which is too little taken advan-
tage of by the farmers of the country.
Especially in this State, high cultivation
of land is very little practiced and yet
nowhere could it be more advantageously
done. Many Vermont farms are pretty
much run out" They do not
and can not produce the crops
they used to, and the consequence
is that Vermont farmers are more gen
orally turning their attention to stock
raising, or else are abandoning their farms
and moving West. We believe, however
that by system of judicious cultivation
these WORKOUT lands may be restored to
their former prOductiveness. Small tracts
must be cultivated, and these scientlfical-
ly, the properties Of the soil which have
been exhausted being gradually restored
by judicious manuring and rotation Of
crops. The experiments which have been
conducted in the South show that high
cultivation, or intensive farming" works
well there. Why should it not und er
largely similar conditions in New Eng
land
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-25

Every day brings additional answers to
the assertions of the railroad organs that
no practicable substitute for the car-stove
exists. Since the Hartford disaster twenty
five cars on the Long Island road have been
equipped with steam heating apparatus,
and the superintendent reports that the
experiment is successful, and that in all
probability all of the roads cars will be
heated by steam from the locomotive be-
fore the next cold season. Steam heat
from the locomotive is now used upon the
Boston and Albany, the Providence, War
rem and Bristol, the Maine Central, the
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg,
the Connecticut River, the Providence
and Worcester. the Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati and Indianapolis, and the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road, the
Staten Island lines, and the elevated
roads in New York city. 1t is soon to be
used eXperimentally on the New York
Central and Lake Shore lines. The North
ern Pacific is perfecting a system of heat
ing from an independent boiler carried on
a fire proof car. The Pullman Palace Car
company is experimenting with appar
atus for heating its cars by steam and
lighting them by electricity. These
things do not seem to indicate that the
car-stove is finality.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-25

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